Desire and destiny collide in this novel—first in a stunning
new series—from New York Times Bestselling author Susan
Squires.

Tempted by Fate

Once, Frankie Suchet loved Henri Foucault—and it cost her
everything. For two centuries, she has cursed the French duke who gave her his
blood and then disappeared forever. Today, this sexy vampire is a bartender
living in San Francisco. And Frankie has been granted the chance to go back in
time…to kill the man who made her what she is. But becoming “Françoise” again
means losing all memory of the risk Henri poses to her future…and her
heart.

Seduced by
Danger

France, 1794. The Reign of Terror is in full swing. From the
first, Henri is an enigma, saving Françoise from an angry Parisian mob. Drawn
to his seductive vitality, Françoise discovers there is much more to him than
she once knew. Henri’s devotion to rescuing innocents from the guillotine is
his sole passion—until he encounters Françoise’s intoxicating blend of
innocence and experience. And as their attraction explodes into dangerous desire,
the only way to save each other may be to sacrifice their timeless
love…

“Superb writing…and intricate characterization make each
novel by Ms. Squires and absolute winner.”
—Romantic Times BOOKreviews

She drifted closer to the edge of the crowd, drawn by him.
She must harden her heart to match his, and commit a sin in the eyes of God and
man. He would lose a few months of living. She would live again.

“What have we here?” he murmured. She heard him clearly with
the vampire hearing he had bequeathed her. The curve of his lip was all
insouciant condescension. He strolled forward, surveying the mob.

“Monsieur, surely you will help us!”

Frankie turned at the sound of her own voice. She gasped.
There she stood, the she who had been, Françoise Suchet, not Frankie, her face
a mask of innocence in distress, a gendarme holding each elbow. It was a face
Frankie still saw in the mirror each day, streaked with soot her blond hair
glowed copper in the red light of the flames licking out the windows above her.
Frankie knew intellectually she hadn’t changed with all the years, but to know
this face was not a mirror image but one that lived two hundred years ago shook
her sanity.

Françoise strained toward Henri in supplication. Foolish
girl. The last thing she needed was Henri Foucault. That way lay
vampirism.

Then the young Françoise stilled. Her head turned slowly.
Her eyes locked with Frankie’s and widened.

Frankie couldn’t get her breath. Françoise seemed to grow
nearer, even as the crowd behind her receded. Frankie dropped her bag, gasping,
and bent over, grabbing her belly against the pain there. This was bad. Really
bad. She should never have met herself. She felt like she was breaking up. A
shriek escaped her. All thoes time travel books were right, she
thought.

And then she was hurtling toward Françoise. She felt herself
disintegrating into a mist. Then nothing.

AUTHOR
BIO

Susan Squires is a New York Times bestselling author known
for breaking the rules of romance writing. Whatever her time period, or
subject, some element of the paranormal always creeps in. She has won multiple
contests for published novels and reviewer's choice awards. Publisher's Weekly
named Body Electric one of the year’s most influential mass market books and
One with the Shadows a Best book of the Year. Time for Eternity, the first in
the DaVinci time travel series, received a starred review from Publisher's
Weekly.

Susan has a Masters in English literature from UCLA and once
toiled as an executive for a Fortune 500 company. Now she lives at the beach in
Southern California with her husband, Harry, a writer of supernatural
thrillers, and two very active Belgian Sheepdogs, who like to help her write by
putting their chins on the keyboarddddddddddddddddddddddd.